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The Catholic Church is making efforts to recognize the importance of equal participation of women and men in decision making. The Church has acknowledged the many activities that the women are involved in, in their parishes through the lay group organizations. Leadership in any institution or...

Silence and secrecy shroud the pervasive incidence of harassment and sexual abuse of schoolgirls by male teachers in many Zambian schools. Instead of schools providing a safe and conducive learning environment, schoolgirls have suffered various forms of sexual abuse at the hands of predatory male...

Using qualitative and quantitative paradigms, this study investigated the extent and prevalence of sexual harassment of women in workplaces in Ndola, Zambia. It also examined the forms and patterns of sexual harassment, and assessed the channels available to lodging complaints related to...

The study investigates whether the struggle for gender equality has in any way affected Christian marriage. Marriage in our society today is facing a lot of challenges despite being a very important social institution upholding family life. Catholic Christian marriage emphasizes submission of the...

This study investigated the participation of women and men in the Community Market Conservation Programme (COMACO) in the Luangwa Valley region. The purpose of the study was to assess the extent to which women and men participated in COMACO. The study was conducted in Mfuwe in Mambwe District in...

The Ministry of Education has shown commitment to ensure that female pupils get the same equal and quality education as their male counterparts in high schools since the 1990s. Unfortunately studies have shown that the performance of girls in these institutions is below that of boys at both...

Science and Technology have been identified as being critically important for national and personal development and advancement in the modern world. Therefore it is important that human resource development involves both males and females. However there are remarkable disparities in both...

Women have historically been under-represented in education and careers around the world. In Zambia, females are under-represented at all levels of the education system. However, the situation is worse at tertiary level, where most female students are found in fields of studies traditionally...

The study sought to examine gender imbalances in enrolment and retention in technical and scientific training at Zambia Air Services Training Institute and Lusaka Business and Technical College. An assessment was made of the relative performance of both male and female students and the attitudes...